Blackbird

The other day a possum met his untimely death on Lincoln Drive.

Now not only do we have George and Ringo, but they have been joined by fellow turkey vultures John and Paul.

I received an urgent text from a friend warning me to keep baby Zelda in the house. These guys would find her rather tasty.

Episode Of Blonde

I. being the TCM nerd is posting the November promo.
I own a lot of these movies, with the exception of Marlena and Mae.

The Carnivale of Animals

How much can I say about The Detroit Zoo?
When I was little, my mom and dad would take us to see shows, with monkeys wearing smocked "Polly Flinders" dresses riding bicycles.

There was a great elephant Paulina, who is now buried in Pontiac.
When I was little, our school was often taken to the zoo as a springtime field trip. I would ride on the zoo train and see houses over the fences surrounding the gardens and I would think to myself how lucky those people were, living so close to the zoo.

Many years later, much to my joy and some others disappointment  it was decided this Detroit climate was not a good environment for elephants(they had developed severe arthritis), so they sent our pet elephants Wanda and Winky to an elephant preserve. Just before Mimi came home,I would take my routine walk  on the path behind their enclosure and watch a group of animal specialists practice walking Wanda and Winky onto a giant semi truck in preparation for their long journey to California.(It took a few months).

When we first brought Mimi home, I would take her a few times a week. In the deep snow, the docents would give us details on everything we wanted to know of the animals.

On one particular occasion, Mimi noticed that one particular polar bear was stepping to and fro. The docent told us that she had been held captive in a cage for a Puerto Rican circus. The steps forward and backward were a pattern she had established in the tiny cage she was in. She has gotten better since she now has a pseudo frozen tundra to wander on.

We have spent birthdays, anniversaries and holidays at our precious place.

Last weekend, Terry and I took Mimi and it was as magical as ever.
The butterflies sat on our shoulders, and the new lion enclosure (two of the lions were rescued from basements in the city) has heated rocks so we see them loll and recline right in front of us.

We are very lucky

Precious Boo

Zoo Boo

Just home from China

Berhle taking a dip

In front of the butterfly house

The requisite climbing on the hippo out front

I'm Always True To You In My Fashion

As it has been well documented. Mimi and I have different thoughts when it comes to what she wears.

As the days go by it gets more and more frustrating. I hold my tongue as she throws on JieJie's old concert t shirts and a pair of leggings. She has a list of fashion don'ts a mile long(no long sleeves, no knits, nothing that makes her beautiful or cute,no socks etc etc.) and I struggle to find a happy medium between her old "baby" look and that of the Huntington Woods bag lady.

I have stumbled across some independent retailers online with some groovy looks. Then there is the old standby of American apparel. I found a really cool retailer but they don't have prices on their website. What could this mean?

Dancing Machine

Sinister Kid

The last of my Halloween posts.

Mimi's favorite part of the costume is the fake ponytail and the red lips. She thought that the fangs were uncomfortable so she ditched them. I think she looks like one of the greeters from The Haunted Mansion

Jiejie took this picture with Instagram, and I love it.

Candy Man

Halloween was as lovely as ever.
For the first time in a long time, we had JieJie with us. We had good weather and we saw some great costumes.
We usually have the Andersons with us. This year we had Uncle Dan(Aunt Julie was in Columbia), he came bearing pitcher of delightful margaritas(for our Mexican feast).

Uncle Dan and Aunt Julie also  usually end up manning our front door, due to my cooking and/or over socializing with my guests.

Annabel was originally an Indian princess, she changed her mind at the last minute

Mimi is a Gothic Vampira, which is another way of saying "princess like lady" in black

Terry took Mimi and Annabel out to trick or treat. I was serving enchilada and shredded beef burritos, and Dan was answering the door and doling out candy to the little people of our neighborhood.

The fire was blazing, the pumpkins were glowing, and I was dressed as the bride of Frankenstein.  I did feel that I looked more like a contestant that gets voted down on "Ru Paul's Drag Race".

We  do have a tendency to forget, every year, that past 8:00 pm, the trick or treaters turn into adults(often without costumes) ,so by default we did give out candy to people that were at least 20 years old.

Earlier in the day we visited with Aunt Cindy, we had lunch and she told us she was on her way home to put up her Christmas tree. I guess, these days that is the natural progression of things.